Eight sun catfish, ~9"-11", 5-8 year old, in 4500 gal

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Apr 2016:

June 2016:

 

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Aug 2016:

 

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3 remaining suncats:

 

[Brazzen1]

I love your tanks but I have to ask, how do you keep the larger ones from eating the smaller tank mates? That Dat is about the size of that chunk.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Thank you. It was probably misleading - the biggest fish pieces we throw in the tank are much smaller than the smallest tank mates. The dat is smart, aware, alert, tall bodied, and prickly. I'd not keep a timid or indifferent cyprinid of the same length in that tank, that's true, dorado and black ears would prey on it.

 

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4 suncats must have felt something as the water hardness gradually dropped

 

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Another old timer has been struggling for a few months but hangs on